LCD Marquee Monitor

[DrLarryE]

I haven't yet checked into any of the programs that would be used to put the proper marquee up when playing a game, so I don't know how they detect which game is being played.  Simple question....Would any/all work with MameWah as the frontend?  (I don't know if it detects the game through MAME, the frontend, or some other way)

[raph]

Mamehooker detects it via MAME itself.

MAME itself also has support for it if you make a layout file.

[stigzler]

If you're just using mame in your cab, I think you have lots of options. Think some others have even just used Mame itself to display the marquee file on a separate display?

If you're looking to use other systems on your cab, you'll need other options. I have separate LCD displays for marquees and controls and wrote this app to populate both:

https://sites.google.com/view/magoarcade/software/cpwizbiz

You can use scrollers, videos, flash, gifs etc on your marquee displays if you so wish (although I jst stick with images to keep it trad)

[Howard_Casto]

Mamehooker will do mame, supermodel and mess natively.  It will also do any emulator with the game title in the window title with a bit of setup. 

I've found the real problem isn't the software, but finding a suitable monitor for the marquee at a good price.